Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

      

Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
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When some hydrogen chloride gas is allowed into water and the mixture stirred, the bulb lights and gases X and Y are formed.
i) Name: gas X and gas Y
ii) Explain why the bulbs does not light before the hydrogen chloride gas is let into water

  

Answers


John
i) Gas X – Oxygen

Gas Y – hydrogen

ii) Water is a poor electrolyte. When hydrogen chloride gas dissolves in water, it forms ions making it a strong electrolyte.

johnmulu answered the question on April 27, 2017 at 07:34


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